I love water sports and so ZUP’s presentation caught my attention. ZUP sells a wake board that anyone can ride. Here is their website. What caught my attention about ZUP was all the interest the Sharks showed in the patents covering this product. The presenters rambled on about a summary judgment and an IPR, both…
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iFork on Shark Tank
I caught the most recent episode of Shark Tank and watched as Kyle Donovan of iFork tried to get $100,000 for five percent equity. The product is a line of plates, silverware and glasses that interlock to make it easy to get your food in a picnic line. Their website states that their “first mission was to…
My Trip Around the World – Visiting St. Petersberg and Bali
I know it is crazy to go around the world in two weeks, but the two patent conferences I usually attend were back-to-back. That meant a flight from Denver to Russia, then from Russia to Bali. It took my travel agent several weeks to work out the itinerary, and I wouldn’t find out until later,…
PRx Performance – Home Gym on Shark Tank
I was catching up on my Shark Tank episodes and the new home gym from PRx Performance caught my attention. I have a home gym with a full Smith machine, which I really love. However, it takes up a lot of room. The weight rack from PRx has most of the same features, but takes…
Inchbug on Shark Tank
Shark Tank last week featured the baby products company, Inchbug. This is one of my practice areas, so I was interested to hear about the company and their patent strategy. Inchbug is headed by Brenda Lee Feldman who first came up with bottle labels, followed by a juice box holder she calls MyDrinky. Her online…
KidRunner on Shark Tank
This week on Shark Tank, Will Warne pitched his new contraption for toting along a child while running. He calls his product the KidRunner. Having purchased a few of these myself, I was curious about his solution. Based on his presentation, the product looked pretty good. But the Sharks hated his “Go to market…
Musings on NoPhone and Coolbox on Shark Tank
This week on Shark Tank highlighted a phone that wasn’t a phone and an overkill toolbox. Both were touted to be covered by patents—at least until the presenters were grilled a bit. Then it came out that only provisional applications had been filed. So what are the Sharks’ positions on patents? With Mark Cuban, that’s…
Alice Lost in Wonderland
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xCraft’s Claims on Shark Tank
This past week, xCraft touted some pretty amazing drone designs. The company execs, Charles Manning and JD Claridge, were able to secure millions from all of the Sharks–very unusual. They have two products. One is for a drone that can take off like a helicopter and move forward like an aircraft. The other is for…
Is the Beebo Infant Feeder Patent Any Good?
The new season of Shark Tank led off with a product invented by Martin Hill called Beebo (orginally named Boobo, but Martin’s wife wouldn’t have any part of that name). Lori and Ashton put up a combined $200,000 to get the project off the ground. The Beebo is a tool parents can use to feed…
